Identification-tag.



C. M HAHN. T

IDENTIFICATION-TAG.

APPLICATION man mm. 1918.

1,314,745. Patented Sept. 2,1919.

HDENTHFHER 51mm "to:

Q (Yemen 2 1. fi d CLEMENT MOSES HAHN, OF VALENTINE, NEBRASKA.

IDENTIFICATION-TAG.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. April 2, 1918. Serial No. 226,193.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLE ENT Moses HAHN, a citizen of the United States, and a. resident of Valentine, in the county of Cherry and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements 1n Identification-Tags, of which the followlng is a specification. l

My invention is an improvement 1n identification tags, and has for its ob ect to provide a tag of the character specified, especially adapted for identifyin motor vehlcles, wherein the ta prefera 1y of shield shape, and of metal, is provided with an an- .p

nular field for receiving embossed numerals, there being sufiicient space for ten numerals, and the tags being identified by the numerals, the tag bein adapted for connectlon with a motor vehic e over an opening provided in the vehicle, the tag closing the opening and being secured to the vehicle, and clearly advertising by the opening left by the removal of the tag that the tag has been removed.

In the drawin Figure 1 is a ront view of the improved 2 is a transverse section through the tag and the portion of the vehicle to which it is connected.

The present embodiment of the invention is shown in connection witha portion 1 of a motor vehicle, the said portion having an opening 2 over which the tag 3 is secured, and

, this opening preferably is a five pointed star,

ranged over the opening and coverin l openings which are adapted to receive star headed bolts 4 for securing the shield to the vehicle.

The shield 3 which is of an suitable metal has an annular field 5 whic is formed by embossing rings 6 and 7. Within this field are arranged numerals 8, the said numerals being embossed at approximately the same height as the rings, and these numerals identify the shield and the vehicle to which it is attached, as, for instance, the first shield issued would bear the numeral 1, the second, the numeral 2, and in such manner the space rovided in the field permits the issue of 1,235,567,890 shields.

The shield is of such size that it would cover and conceal the opening 2, and it will be obvious that should the shield be removed to prevent identification, the opening 2 would be a plain advertisement that such shield had been removed and would call attention and suspicion to the vehicle. These shields may bear any other identifying matter or the like'that may be thought desirable or advisable.

I claim:

In combination with a motor vehicle having an opening, of an identification plate 2115 an concealin the same and adapted to dlsplay the openm when the plate is removed to call attention to the removal of the plate, said plate and vehicle having registering openings around the first named opening and spaced apart therefrom, bolts engaging Patented Sept. 2, 1919.

the openings, and nuts engaging the bolts on the opposite side from the plate.

CLEMENT MOSES HAHN. Witnesses:

JoHN TUCKER, S. O. SPAIN. 

